12/06/09 "NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING..."

THE RISING SUN BURNS OFF THE "LAKE SMOKE"
ENTERING THE WOODS WALK
THE QUIET WOODS

Sunday, 8:30 AM. 19 degrees, up from 16 degrees earlier. Wind W, calm. The channel is dimpled, and earlier was obscured by “lake smoke.” The sky is partly cloudy, alternating snow clouds with patches of blue, blue sky. About 1” of fluffy snow fell earlier, which has started again, but the barometer predicts sunshine.
It is a quiet, quiet morning, Lucky and I meeting not a soul, human or animal on our walk, which took us through the woods this morning. There was not a fresh track, and in the spirit of the upcoming yuletide season,“nothing was stirring, not even a mouse.”